Barbarous Nations Quotes by Ambrose Bierce

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• Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
• To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.
• A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains…
• Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
• Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
• Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
• Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.
• Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
• Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
• Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
• Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.
• Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.

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